[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Shatapatha Brahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › 8.7.2.2 # Shatapatha Brahmana 8.7.2.2 Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.7.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.7.2.2) yadveva lokampṛṇāmupadadhāti | kṣatraṃ vai lokampṛṇā viśa imā itarā iṣṭakāḥ kṣatraṃ tadviśyattāraṃ dadhāti tāṃ sarvāsu citiṣūpadadhāti sarvasyāṃ tadviśi kṣatramattāraṃ dadhāti > And, again, as to why he lays down a Lokamprinâ,--the Lokamprinâ, doubtless, is the nobility (or chieftaincy), and these other bricks are the peasants (or clansmen): he thus places the nobility (or chieftain), as the eater, among the peasantry. He lays it down in all the layers: he thus places the nobility, as the eater, among the whole peasantry (or in every clan). > — Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) - [Previous: 8.7.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.7.2.1) - [Next: 8.7.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.7.2.3) - [Up: 8.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.7.2) ## Translations (1) - [The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina~en-eggeling.8.7.2.2) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English ## Commentaries (2) - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!sayana.317.3) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina!harisvamin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit ## Discussed in (1) - [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c9.60) — Sharma 1958, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.8.7.2.2) · Pramāṇa